Show ACCURACY OF REPORT DOUBTED consuls says the garrison at santiago lumbers only shafter has agreed to supply a limited amount of food to the refugees many of our soldiers are sick copyright 1898 by the associated press gen shatters headquarter july G via port antonio ja and kingston ja july 7 1 p m the french and consuls have con tinned their conference looking to the relief of the refugees from santiago they called on gen shatter this morning reported that the refugees were wholly destitute and begged for american aid the general promised to afford a limited supply of food at el caney and other towns in spanish territory where they acet from spain the consuls were very guarded in their references to the situation at santiago but they painted it worse than reported by the refugees they claimed that the garrison numbers only men the accuracy of this is doubted the hospital conditions of our army are improved forty ambulances are now in bervice and there are many empty tents the wounded are nearly all at Jur neua the headquarters hospital bad been cleared in expectation of the next assault abo number of eick is rapidly there are cases in the invalid hospital principally euf ferine of diarrhoea and low fever |